At 2 p.m. on November 7, the voting period for the Student Government Association’s (SGA) 2023 executive council election closed.
The results are as follows: Ethan Voss as executive president, Abby Aspinwall as executive vice president, Emma Coykendall as vice president of finance, Mattie Washington as vice president of administration and Rachel Volk as Student Activities Council (SAC) president.
In October, students had roughly a two-week period to petition for these positions. Once that allotted time ended, the qualified students had eight days to campaign. Following the campaigning, the student body had five days to vote on the positions.
The five positions represented in the executive council are key to the success of SGA and the cooperation of the student body as a whole and will be held for the next calendar year.
“As written in our mission statement, SGA exists to foster unity between students and the school, to promote student concerns, and to advance the general welfare of Union,” Micah McGee, junior business administration major and SGA’s attorney general, said.
SGA puts on senate, works with class councils to put on homecoming events, puts on their own events and forms committees.
Senate meets biweekly on Wednesdays and is comprised of two representatives from each campus organization/club that creates and votes on legislation. Senators present pre-approved legislation as a means to promote student opinion and engagement toward the common effort of improving Union.
The new executive council members will begin meeting together regularly to continue to support individual organization efforts, promote the mission of SGA and foster community at Union.
Steve Williams, senior business administration major and SGA’s current executive president, said, “What I love about SGA is that it is a whole melting pot of students coming together to advance the general welfare of the university. It is so awesome to see people working together and learning about event planning, budgets, and making legislation.”